Fern isle wood, known locally as Doctors wood, as it was frequented by the Taylor doctors of Whitworth square. Running through the wood is Prickshaw brook, that is the source of Spring Mill Reservoir. A reservoir still used to water and wash the people of Rochdale. completed in 1887.

Fern isle wood, known locally as Doctors wood, as it was frequented by the Taylor doctors of Whitworth square. Running through the wood is Prickshaw brook, that is the source of Spring Mill Reservoir. A reservoir still used to water and wash the people of Rochdale. completed in 1887.